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  1. treehumper

    30’ Fall

    Which deflects future shaming. A safety mindset is exceedingly difficult to develop in this industry or so it would seem. Look on FB and the number of times people get bent out of shape over a safety issue being pointed out.
  2. treehumper

    Very sad accident today...

    And yet day in and day out I witness unsafe practices being used in the name of speed.
  3. treehumper

    So.... Now where are we?

    It’s not social media of itself that is problematic it’s our understanding of who the users are. Each generation, which I believe are being subdivided into late and early groups adopt different media tools, MySpace then FB then Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, it’s not which tool it’s what life...
  4. treehumper

    #enough

    It’s familiarity and the everyday routine that leads to shortcuts. We are plagued with it in our industry but that usually injures or kills the individual not the bystander.
  5. treehumper

    Very sad accident today...

    Steve points out that we have a protocol for protecting against such incidents. It leads to me wonder why it isn’t being implemented? Why is it we strive for speed at the expense of safety? Is the work really that important that it demands we take such unnecessary risk?
  6. treehumper

    #enough

    Then what price should he pay? Handsomely compensated? U make it sound like the victim won the lottery. Money is a measuring stick used today instead of corporeal punishment. The notion is to act as a disincentive. Kid is fortunate that it wasn’t worse. This person is a trained professional...
  7. treehumper

    Very sad accident today...

    Terrible, tragic. My heartfelt condolences to his family. From the report, his harness failed. I hope we will learn how and what model.
  8. treehumper

    2018 Garden State Tree Conference March 8-9, 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ

    I came down Wednesday to avoid the worst of the storm and get a decent night's sleep!
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    2018 Garden State Tree Conference March 8-9, 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ

    Hey @Mark Chisholm , I presume the weather hasn't effected the conference, right?
  10. treehumper

    Blair Glenn on the philosophy of tree care

    I took it to mean that if you do the topping then you're just being a tool (in your understanding of the use of the word). We are the experts on what is proper care of trees and that is what we need to be doing. Not just acting as a "tool" for the client. In Blair's story, I hear a guy who is...
  11. treehumper

    nor'easter

    They survived the storm but I would be looking at a close inspection of them for peace of mind.
  12. treehumper

    What??? ISA Certification retirement

    We used winter twig for our ID classes because, well, it was winter when we were in class! The easiest to ID was Willow since it would pretty much start leaving out the moment you brought in indoors. The CTE license in NJ emphasizes ID. I think that is a better way of regionalizing testing.
  13. treehumper

    What??? ISA Certification retirement

    Strange way to recognize someone for a life long contribution. Most associations or societies give their senior members free lifetime membership after x yrs. Are they trying to say they'll be providing you with a retirement pension? Like an either you work or you don't kinda deal? I read the...
  14. treehumper

    DOT violation

    I think squirrel is on to something. Your log truck is enclosed so it may be the reason. Definitely check the code as Tom suggested.
  15. treehumper

    What sized chipper would you go with?

    We have 2 150xps and a 250xp. We have a log guy who will take anything down to 8" as he sells a lot of log length firewood. Like Sean we often can bring our chipper right into the backyard and chip onsite. We are trying to better utilize the material we collect. To go bigger with the chipper...
  16. treehumper

    Bigger is better? Forestry trucks

    Really depends on what the average and max. tree heights are in your area. Where I am we have a 60' bucket that for many of our clients property its not much more than a quick ride to the first limbs. Even a 75' truck will still leave us with 30' or more above it.
  17. treehumper

    Dead (and Undead) Wood

    Maybe we can get some scientist to do the research?:aburrido:
  18. treehumper

    Learn your land

    Really well done vid. Thanks!
  19. treehumper

    Dead (and Undead) Wood

    Here's the article: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/merchant/pdf/How_Science_Goes_Wrong.pdf It points to the usual suspects that undermine most anything. That being, as something proves successful more people rush to get a piece of it, whether its the career, or fame, wealth and success...
  20. treehumper

    Dead (and Undead) Wood

    As I learn more I realize that what I'm actually learning is better questions to ask.

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